Just read the articles on AMUS and yes it does say the ferrari engine was too cold in AUS. Interesting indead....
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Ferrari pulled the covers off from its 2019 contender. The prancing horse did so in its annual event at its homebase in Maranello in an event where symbolism was key.
Yeah... For what i understood, the temperatures in Australia were lower than what they were expecting. So they used too much cooling (maybe the open part of the bodywork at the rear). That caused the turbo not working at the right temperature. And caused some problems with misfires... than they had to reduce the power, wich lead to high consumption.
If this is the case, that would be great
Lets wait and see if the set it up right this time.
May be that they were on the minimal level and still not enough...trinidefender wrote: ↑29 Mar 2019, 17:41I'm genuinely surprised by that news and very skeptical of it. Thermostats in the cooling circuits should prevent this by partially closing cooling circuits in the event of under temperature.
Hmmmm this doesn't really make sense
Most thermostats can almost completely close a cooling circuit only allowing a minimum of cooling flow through only to prevent shock cooling should the thermostat open rapidly. If this is the case then I would be very surprised if the Ferrari engineers got their sums that wrong.Mr.G wrote: ↑29 Mar 2019, 17:42May be that they were on the minimal level and still not enough...trinidefender wrote: ↑29 Mar 2019, 17:41I'm genuinely surprised by that news and very skeptical of it. Thermostats in the cooling circuits should prevent this by partially closing cooling circuits in the event of under temperature.
Hmmmm this doesn't really make sense
My thoughts exactly. Just sounds like random speculation to me.trinidefender wrote: ↑29 Mar 2019, 17:41I'm genuinely surprised by that news and very skeptical of it. Thermostats in the cooling circuits should prevent this by partially closing cooling circuits in the event of under temperature.
Hmmmm this doesn't really make sense
Another point:trinidefender wrote: ↑29 Mar 2019, 17:53The only 2 reasons that I can think of that are for:
1. Weight
2. Reduction of potential points of failure (this would be ironic as overcooling can be a point of failure and hurt them in the race).